Categories: Appetizers
Ingredients
- a loaf of French bread
- herbed cream cheese spread (recipe here)
- cucumbers, preferably English or Persian cucumbers, which have fewer seeds
- small flower shaped cookie or gum paste cutters
- 1 8oz block of cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh herbs
- 1/2 t salt
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- zest and juice of half a lemon
Directions
-
Chop enough fresh herbs to fill a 1/3 cup measure.
-
Combine softened cream cheese, plain yogurt, herbs, salt, garlic, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer until combined. An electric mixer will create a light, fluffy dip, and mixing by hand will create a denser mixture, but both are delicious.
-
First, slice the bread and slice the cucumbers. Easy peasy.
-
Then, let your kids have a blast cutting flower shapes out of the cucumbers. The leftovers are pretty good for snacking if you get hungry while you’re in the kitchen, FYI.
-
Spread herbed cream cheese on the bread, and top with cucumber flowers. Fresh, delicious finger food, made with lots of love and fun by the kids.